The objective of this study is to determine the level of hyperkalemia in Saudi patients of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In the present study, 362 male and female known diabetic patients of type 1 and type 2 and 158 non diabetic control subjects visiting Al Iman and Prince Salman hospitals of Riyadh were studied from November 2004 to July 2006. 12.6% type 1 and 18.5% of type2 diabetics i...

BACKGROUND The objective of the current study was to assess the effects of royal jelly supple-mentation on body weight, total daily energy and macronutrients intakes in type2 diabetic fe-males. METHODS In this randomized clinical trial, fifty female volunteers with type2 diabetes were as-signed into the supplemented (n=25) and placebo (n=25) groups, given a daily dose of 1000 mg royal jelly s...

OBJECTIVE: Type-2 diabetes mellitus and essential hypertension are major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Endothelial dysfunction is an early step in the development of atherosclerosis, and has been demonstrated in hypertensive and diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We designed this study to determine whether forearm endothelial dysfunction is an independent predictor of ty...

In animals, sensory processing via parallel pathways, including the olfactory system, is a common design. However, the mechanisms that parallel pathways use to encode highly complex and dynamic odor signals remain unclear. In the current study, we examined the anatomical and physiological features of parallel olfactory pathways in an evolutionally basal insect, the cockroach Periplaneta america...

background: obesity and increase of waist to hip ratio (android obesity) is effect in cardiovascular disease and type2 diabetes. increase of fatty tissue special visceral fatty tissue depended to cardiovascular disease, glucose intolerance, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and important in diabetes and metabolic syndrome. in most case with insulin resistance and diabetes accompanied by obesity. met...

Background: Non-dipping of nocturnal blood pressure is common in people with type 2 diabetes with hypertension and is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular and renal morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to identify the pattern of nocturnal non-dipping of BP in people with type 2 diabetes and its association with microalbuminuria. Methods: Data was examined from 100 patients with...